Renaissance Drama 36/37: Italy in the Drama of Europe Contributor(s): West, William N. (Editor), Ascoli, Albert Russell (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0810124157 ISBN-13: 9780810124158 Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: August 2007 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Renaissance Drama |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama |
Dewey: 809.2 |
Series: Renaissance Drama |
Physical Information: 416 pages |
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Publisher Description: Renaissance Drama, an annual interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore traditional canons of drama, the significance of performance (broadly construed) to early modern culture, and the impact of new forms of interpretation on the study of Renaissance plays, theater, and performance. This special issue of Renaissance Drama on Italy in the Drama of Europe primarily builds on the groundwork laid by Louise George Clubb, who showed that Italian drama was made in such a way as to facilitate its absorption and transformation into other traditions, even when it was not explicitly cited or referenced. Italy in the Drama of Europe takes up the reverberations of early modern Italian drama in the theaters of Spain, England, and France and in writings in Italian, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Latin, and German. Its scope is an example of the continuing force of and interest in one of the most rewarding, wide-ranging, and productive early modern aesthetic modes, and a tribute to the scholarship of Louise George Clubb, who, among others, recalled our attention to it. |
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